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Brothers/Giving Thanks


 John Derek is a good big brother.  He loves being with Michael and he is so good with him.  They play outside, inside and love to sleep together.  Lately they have even been falling alseep in the top bunk together.  It is so sweet.  What great boys I have.


Michael fell asleep watching tv on my bed.  He has his shoes on and a rolling pin.  So Cute!!

I have been trying to work on keeping my thoughts directed towards the Savior and His gospel.  Yesterday instead of browsing on my phone while I ate lunch I opened the New Era.  I found a story entitled, Things I learned as a Young Convert.   He talks about wanting to remain worth of going on a mission while he was in the German Army.  So he decided to pray always. 

"Walking from building to building, going up and down hills in the forests, lying in the foxholes, playing war games—wherever I was, I would engage with Heavenly Father in prayer whenever I could, filling minutes and sometimes hours by communing or talking with Heavenly Father in order to draw close to Him and stay strong. Mostly, I would just give thanks."

I liked the part "Mostly, I would just give thanks."  I felt like I would benefit from this and have been trying to do it.  I am amazed at how often my thoughts just wonder and have no where to go.  This gave me an opportunity to direct them and help them focus more on others and on God.


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